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Radiocarbon Sample Information
Gd-163 Kraków-Planty P5 Age: 910 ± 120 BP |
Sample name: | Kraków-Planty P5 |
Submitter: | Radwańska T. |
Institution: |
Muzeum Archeologiczne Kraków ul. Senacka 3 31-002 Kraków |
Collector: Date of collection: |
Radwańska T. June 1973 |
Additional information: | Pale 5 was below an earth scarp at depth 230cm (top) below present surface, 50cm above sandy substratum. Pale 5 was part of palisade protecting settlement from the east. |
Material of sample: | wood |
Contamination: | rootlets |
Type of site: | excavation |
Field of study: | archaeology |
Sample location: | |
Site name: | Kraków Planty |
Latitude: | 50 03 00N |
Longitude: | 19 56 00E |
Detailed description of the sample location: | |
Cracow park, Okol Skarpa site, Trench III, area 17.45 to 18.20m. | |
Environment description: | |
Pale 5 was part of palisade consisting of a row of vertical pales and probably occasionally planks. The parts of palisade visible when found were carbonized. On the inner (W) side, the palisade was bordered by clay with sand and coal fragments. Pale 5 was part of palisade protecting settlement from the east. |
References to literature: | Radiocarbon Data List III |
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